Celtic Genes On

Here is one dug out of the archives that never saw the light of day. Back in 2008 “Who Do you Think You Are?” had started around that time on the telly and I was doing the family tree (like many other no doubt!)
Anyway by the time I’d got back to great grand parents we had my father’s side in the far west of Donegal and my mothers in western Cornwall. It sort of looked like there were Celtic genes in my blood. I guess this is a romanticised little song based on those roots. I seem to remember writing it quickly and Steve coming round that afternoon. It got recorded, listened to a couple of times and filed away.If nothing else it might explain my fondness for Guinness!!

Dreamy geney
sort of sound....and now you have put me in the mood for a guince ! (guiness)And it's only 12:20
still it must be 5 o'clock somewhere (brilliant song Alan Jackson)....so I seem to have diverted from this little ditty.....and so I will take it away to have further listens.

Celtic Genes On
Nice work, guys. It does have an ethereal, dreamy mood to it like it is transcending time. And dreamy rhymes with creamy - just like the top of a Guinness. Unfortunately, I have no "Celtic" predisposition - I just like the stuff! Thanks, Mark. Regards, Peter.

Hickling Stan started as Steve and I back in 2007. We had a great creative 5 years writing songs together, posting on here and playing live in the East Midlands.I moved away south in 2013 and let MJ lie dormant for a few years until the muse came bac... [see more]